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Mr. Anthony Ball, also known as Tony, serves as the President at Ingenious Media Active Capital Limited. Mr. Ball has been a Senior Advisor at Providence Equity Partners LLC since April 30, 2012. Mr. Ball served as an External Advisor at Kabel Deutschland Holding AG. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Fox Sports Networks Inc. Mr. Ball served as the Managing Director of British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC since June 1999 and served as the Chief Executive Officer ... from June 1999 to November 3, 2003. He led the company through its strongest period of growth by doubling the subscriber count and converting the entire subscriber base from analog to digital. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer at News Corporation / Liberty Media joint venture, Fox Liberty Networks LLC from 1998 to 2000 and 1996 to 1999 respectively. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer at Fox Sports International, where he oversaw the creation and the operation of sports television businesses channels in North America, Latin America, Asia and Australia. Mr. Ball has spent his entire career within the media industry. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Fox Liberty Sports LLC from 1996 to 1997, General Manager of Broadcasting, British Sky Broadcasting PLC. from 1993 to 1996, Senior Vice President of IMG Worldwide, Inc. from 1991 to 1993, a Director of Operations of BSB Sports Channel from 1989 to 1991 and Thames TV PLC from 1976 to 1989. Mr. Ball also held senior positions at International Management Group and the BSB Sports Channel. He started his career at Thames Television PLC. Mr. Ball served as the Chief Executive Officer at BSkyB plc from 2001 to 2005. He also served as the President of Fox Sports International where he oversaw the creation and the operation of sports television businesses in North America, Latin America, Asia and Australia. He serves as the Chairman of British-American Business Council. He serves as the Chairman of Advisory Board of Portland PR Ltd. He also serves on the Board of Grupo Corporativo ONO since June 29, 2006. He has been a Non-Executive Director of BT Group plc since July 16, 2009. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of The British-American Business Council. He is a Board member of the “Olympic Delivery Authority“ for “London 2012“ Olympic Delivery Authority. Since July 2009, Mr. Ball has been a Non-Executive Director of British Telecom PLC. He serves as a Non-Executive Board Director of British Telecom Group PLC. Mr. Ball is a Board Member of the Olympic Delivery Authority for the 2012 London Olympic Games. He served as the Chairman of Supervisory Board at Kabel Deutschland Holding AG from from 2005 until October 31, 2013. Mr. Ball served as the Chairman of KDG since 2005 till 2013. During this time, he led the company's management and business transformation, culminating in its IPO in 2010. Mr. Ball served as the Chairman of Ingenious Media Active Capital Limited from March 8, 2008 to January 25, 2008 and also the Director until January 25, 2008. He served as the Chairman and Member of Advisory Board at Kabel Deutschland GmbH from June 2005 to May 19, 2010. Mr. Ball served as Member of Supervisory Board at Kabel Deutschland Holding AG since February 2010 until October 31, 2013. Mr. Ball served as a Director of Sky Italia SPA and Canal Digitaal. He served as a Member of Supervisory Board of Kabel Deutschland GmbH from February 7, 2006 to May 19, 2010. Mr. Ball served as a Trustee of Media Trust. He served as an Executive Director of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. He served as a Director of LHR Airports Limited from 2004 to June 26, 2006. Mr. Ball served as a Director of British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Marks & Spencer Group plc until September 2002 and ProSiebenSat.1 GmbH. He has over 25 years of experience and has held senior executive positions in broadcasting and telecommunications businesses in the UK, US and continental Europe. He played an essential role in the successful transformation of the company, helping to design and implement many key strategic initiatives, including introducing premium internet, telephony, and television services, executing a €1 billion network upgrade, developing sales, marketing and installation capabilities, and acquiring smaller regional cable operators. Mr. Ball holds an honorary doctorate from both Middlesex University and Kingston University and an M.B.A. from Kingston University.

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